Re: [QUAD-L] MIT wheelchair steers clear with Wi-Fi

[John S.]

I think that is awesome. The VR on my phone usually has to ask me three different names. I bet it would be genious if it worked off a wire to an electrode to my brain so people don't here me cursing as I go in reverse down a crowded hall.
Will anyone believe the chair is using VR when you hit them repeatedly with one? 

Just hurt my brain laughing. When someone says "go get f*****" will my wheelchair try to mate with a newspaper stand?

john  :D

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Subject: [QUAD-L] MIT wheelchair steers clear with Wi-Fi

MIT wheelchair steers clear with Wi-Fi Published Story by art http://msnews.acceleratedcure.org/node/3390 A group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented [149] a wheelchair with all the self-navigating abilities of a GPS device. Only instead of being inhibited by the need for a satellite signal like a GPS device, MIT said Friday, the location-aware wheelchair uses Wi-Fi and can work indoors. Just like with a GPS navigator, the wheelchair has programmed favorites. Better yet, it works by voice recognition so you don't have to type in a request. [149] http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10047399-1.html?part=rss&subj=Crave ---